Professional Experience

LIAISON LIBRARIAN | Seneca College   December 2015 - present

  • Current liaison areas: School of English and Liberal Studies , School of Arts & Science, English Language Institute
  • Past liaison areas: School of Marketing, School of Tourism, Applied Research and Innovation
  • Develops and delivers research skills and citation classes to diverse groups of learners
  • Provides research and citation support in person and online
  • Builds strong collections that support liaison areas by evaluating and selecting appropriate information resources in various formats
  • Liaises with faculty to promote and select library information resources, build research assignments and learning objects, and develop library sessions
  • Designs instructional materials using various technologies including LibWizard and LibGuides
  • Compiles and analyzes library statistics using data analysis tools, such as Excel, to support library quality assurance tracking and reporting
  • Addresses copyright legislation and fair dealing queries

LIBRARY TECHNICIAN| Seneca College  November 2010 - December 2015

  • Guided users in navigating print and digital library resources, library search interface, and subject guides in person and online
  • Delivered research skills and citation workshops
  • Performed circulation activities using Voyager library system
  • Updated and maintained Ontario colleges' Heads of Libraries and Learning Resources public and internal websites
  • Edited and maintained subject guides using LibGuides platform
  • Selected information resources supporting School of Marketing

COPYRIGHT TECHNICIAN | Seneca College  March - August 2014

  • Researched and responded to copyright queries submitted by faculty, students, and staff
  • Monitored employee copyright literacy program and analyzed faculty completion data
  • Acquired permissions to use copyright-protected materials on behalf of faculty and staff
  • Maintained and updated public and internal copyright guides

Education

  • Master in Library and Information Science | San Jose State University
  • Bachelor in Business Administration | University of Toronto
  • Library and Information Technician Diploma | Seneca College
  • Certificate in Big Data Analytics | York University

Technical Skills

  • Library & Academic Software: LibGuides, LibAnswers, LibWizard, Blackboard, Mendeley, Refworks, Zotero
  • Library Systems: Primo, Alma, Summons, Voyager
  • Web: HTML, CSS, Google Analytics, Wordpress
  • Multimedia: Photoshop, Illustrator, iMovie, Camtasia
  • Data Analysis: Microsoft Excel, R, SQL, Spark, Hive, Elasticsearch
  • Data Visualization: Tableau, Google Data Studio, Kibana
  • Productivity Software: Microsoft Office, Sharepoint, Google office suite

 

     

     

     

     

     

    Professional & institutional Service

    • The Learning Portal Metrics Working Group
    • Seneca Libraries
      • Copyright Team
      • Information for Faculty Committee
      • Library Citation Committee
      • Mapping Committee

    Professional Memberships

    • American Library Association (ALA)
    • Ontario Library Association (OLA)